While artwork by Maud Lewis routinely sells for tens of thousands of dollars, rising interest in other Nova Scotian folk ...

Lewis, née Dowley, was born in Nova Scotia in 1903, and though her childhood was spent in relative comfort, she ultimately spent most of her adult life in poverty. At the age of 34, she married ...

12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.6 cm.) With her signature bright colours and clean, simple style, Nova Scotia’s Maud Lewis is considered an iconic folk artist and a Canadian treasure. She spent her days ...

The late London, Ontario artist John Kinnear traded his Maud Lewis (1903-1970) painting titled The Lobsterman to jeweler John Ellington (pictured here) for a sapphire tie tack in the 1970s. John ...

11.75 x 13.75 in. (29.8 x 34.9 cm.) Nova Scotia’s beloved folk artist, Maud Lewis often depicted oxen in her charming oil paintings. Here, two harnessed oxen face the viewer, standing side by side, ...

The letters -- a discovery of rare correspondence into Maud Lewis’s secluded life -- are being sold by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. in Canada, online-only. A few months before his death in 2003, my ...